Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:12:48 +0500 From: "Ihtesham Ali" <ihteshamali@gmail.com> To: "Alexey Dokuchaev" <danfe@freebsd.org>, "Wilko Bulte" <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, "Coleman Kane" <cokane@freebsd.org> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Florent Thoumie <flz@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add main.c pkg_add.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create main.c pkg_create.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete main.c pkg_delete.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info main.c pkg_info.1 ... Message-ID: <83fc7c9e0806041812o2a249bf8w9e63d8f38f6ae39e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080604041815.GA84027@FreeBSD.org> References: <200805301426.m4UEQ92d025434@repoman.freebsd.org> <48405C4B.3050603@FreeBSD.org> <1212179252.1967.1.camel@localhost> <a01628140806030818te29e2fet287d59f5ceedfc9c@mail.gmail.com> <20080604041815.GA84027@FreeBSD.org>
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On 04/06/2008, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: > I'd rather avoid long options in *BSD utilities. They're hard to > remember, easy to confuse, while not really gaining us anything useful Exactly! -1 Florent Thoumie's bringing up a possibility and considering to go by the general consensus is healthy though, and I completely appreciate it. On 05/06/2008, Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote: > Well I indeed do not agree. Aren't the developers old enough > to make this kind of judgement call themselves, without all sorts of written > policies? Policies in such projects are generally not against anyone but for everyone. It's nice of the committer that they in a way have sought your opinion. I'm sure you don't want FreeBSD to look like a haywire Linux distro anytime soon. I hope FreeBSD doesn't become a soup. P.S. I am not against the Linux culture, in fact I am happy that they are happy with it. I merely referred to FreeBSD's distinction of being an excellent advanced operating system project from every aspect. On 05/06/2008, Coleman Kane <cokane@freebsd.org> wrote: > Making up a book of obtuse policy > rules such as this, for purposes that aren't very concrete, doesn't seem > to serve anybody well. Anything that can affect habits of a larger group of BSDists is at least worth a second thought. Long options are not just about me but a lot more out there who may not even know of the discussion, so I'd try to be more considerate. -- Ali
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